Chapter 3402

Neither of the two positions Liu An had introduced to Ye Liuyun seemed like a good job to him.

However, they were already the best options available here—others might not be able to buy one even if they spent a fortune.

Most importantly, once he had this identity, his status and standing would be higher than those of ordinary citizens of the Void World. Wherever he went in the future, things would be much easier, and no one would seize him and treat him as a slave or a lowborn outcast.

Ye Liuyun thought it over. He knew that becoming a menial disciple of a major sect would inevitably involve internal scheming, martial contests, and displays of prowess. By now, he had no interest in dealing with those wealthy young masters.

So in the end, he chose to become an ordinary soldier. This would also allow him to learn more about the armies of the Void World and lay the groundwork for his own Death Legion in the future.

Liu An had initially thought he would choose to become a menial disciple of a major sect. It was a position many ordinary citizens coveted. Although menial disciples were lowly within the sect and would be bullied by the formal disciples, once they left the sect, they could throw their weight around among the common people.

However, since Ye Liuyun had chosen to join the army, Liu An had nothing to say about it. After all, it was Ye Liuyun’s own choice. He merely exchanged a few polite words with him, saying that they would now be in the same line of work.

Yet he knew that the border garrison was far worse than their forces here. Although both places had soldiers, serving here meant never having to worry about resources, whereas at the border, one had to fend for oneself. Leaving aside whether resources were guaranteed, bandits and refugees were rampant there as well.

Ye Liuyun did not care about any of that. He simply felt that the borderlands should not attract the attention of powerful figures, allowing him to quietly adapt and develop for a while. Thus, he had Liu An record his identity as an ordinary soldier of Cloud Soaring City.

Soon afterward, a soldier led Ye Liuyun into a teleportation array.

Ye Liuyun knew that the border cities must be very far away, but he had not expected the soldier guiding him to take him through several teleportation arrays in succession.

“Is Cloud Soaring City really that far away?” Ye Liuyun could not help asking.

Knowing that Ye Liuyun was also a soldier, the soldier guiding him did not make things difficult for him. Instead, he chatted with him about quite a few matters concerning the Void World.

“The territory under the jurisdiction of our Western Dynasty consists of one hundred and eight planets. Cloud Soaring City is on an exile planet at the very edge. Do you think that sounds far away?”

“...So the Western Dynasty is really that vast!”

Based on the information he had previously learned from Liu An, Ye Liuyun had assumed that the Western Dynasty was about the same size as the dynasties he had seen before. He had not expected a single dynasty in the Void World to control so many planets.

“Actually, the Void World is far larger than these few dynasties alone. It’s just that many planets are not very suitable for human martial cultivators to live on, so we usually don’t count them.

“Once you reach the exile planet, there are actually many more star systems farther west.” With nothing else to do, the soldier chatted with Ye Liuyun at length.

However, they did not know much about Cloud Soaring City either. They only knew that it was remote and far from peaceful, with bandits and refugees frequently causing trouble.

Ye Liuyun did not care about any of that, much less worry about fighting. His current strength was already greater than that of every soldier he had encountered before.

After soaking in the medicinal liquid of the Clear Spring Pool, his clone’s physical body quickly adapted to the pressure here as well. However, in every other respect, its strength was now about the same as that of an ordinary soldier here.

Ye Liuyun immediately had his clone synchronize its entire spatial world with this one. The clone had already temporarily moved all the inhabited planets into the main body’s spatial world, so opening everything up now and restoring the tenfold time flow went smoothly.

However, the ferocious beasts on some of the planets immediately succumbed to the pressure and were crushed to death.

The Origin Spirit Demons adapted quickly. They helped the origin power of each planet absorb the spiritual energy here, slowly improving its quality. They also gathered all the ferocious beasts that had been crushed to death and stored them as food.

Afterward, Ye Liuyun also began opening up part of his own spatial world, while temporarily keeping the inhabited portion sealed.

The pressure of the Void World was still too powerful. Many martial cultivators at the ninth level of Unity could not withstand it, so Ye Ling could only help them introduce the pressure bit by bit, allowing them to adapt gradually.

The demonic beasts and the women all began cultivating with full effort. Those who could withstand the heavy pressure of the Void World went to cultivate in the space synchronized by Ye Liuyun. Those who still could not withstand the pressure of the Void World continued using the pressure formation disc to strengthen their physical bodies for the time being.

Whenever someone became able to withstand the pressure of the Void World, Ye Liuyun had them soak in the medicinal liquid he had prepared and stored so that they could adapt to the pressure.

He did not have very much medicinal liquid at present, and alchemists such as Lin Luoyi lacked the necessary ingredients and formula, so they could not compound any more. They could only give it to whoever caught up first.

The soldier guiding him took Ye Liuyun through five teleportation arrays before finally bringing him to the exile planet.

“Why is this place called the exile planet?” Ye Liuyun asked the soldier.

“Most of the people who come here are from families that have offended powerful figures in the dynasty. After being implicated, they’re exiled here. There are also escaped slaves, lowborn outcasts, and the like. The dynasty can’t be bothered to kill them, so it simply throws them all here to deal with. Over time, this place became a designated land of exile.”

Although the soldier felt that coming here was somewhat unwise for Ye Liuyun, for someone who had come from the Immortal Realm, shedding his status as a lowborn outcast in one stroke was still a decent choice.

“Find a way to save up some money and cultivate a few connections. You may have a chance to transfer somewhere else in the future!” he kindly reminded Ye Liuyun.

In truth, Ye Liuyun rather liked this sort of place. The more chaotic and less regulated a place was, the safer he would be, and the less likely his future development would attract attention.

“Thank you!” Ye Liuyun still thanked the soldier aloud.

The teleportation array on the exile planet was located in Cloud Soaring City. It was also the only city on the exile planet where the dynasty stationed troops.

Ye Liuyun released his divine sense, hoping to investigate the situation throughout the city. He discovered that the range he could currently survey was still rather limited, and estimated that his soul power would also need some time to adapt.

The soldier also escorted Ye Liuyun to the military camp. After handing him over to a minor officer in charge of registration, he immediately left.

The minor officer registered Ye Liuyun and issued him a set of military clothes, without even armor or a weapon. He then took him to a large tent in another part of the camp and handed him over to a minor commander.

The minor commander was named Xiao Han. He looked extremely serious and did not seem like someone who enjoyed talking or chatting. After introducing Ye Liuyun to everyone, he let him get acquainted with them on his own.

Xiao Han was a commander in charge of a hundred men. There were only a little over eighty soldiers in the large tent where he was stationed. It seemed that quite a few soldiers had been lost in previous battles and had never been replaced.